In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and …

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by …) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …

. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …

married daughters. For parents and their daughter’s family, the similarity in household inequalities is insignificant. The …

married daughters. For parents and their daughter’s family, the similarity in household inequalities is insignificant. The …

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters - a first son increases fathers' work hours by …

This paper studies marriage market effects of the student gender composition for university graduates using German …. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students during university education reduces overall marriage market opportunities for …

. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …

This paper examines the causal effects of television exposure on individual decisions regarding marriage, divorce, and … family planning by utilizing a natural experiment in the German Democratic Republic during the period of German division. I … exposure to Western TV significantly reduced the likelihood of marriage and childbirth while increasing the probability of …